Improvement in horse-boots



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UNITED STATES PATENT Grrron.

JOEL WEBBER, OF'GEDDES, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,750, dated August'29, 1876; application filed August 7, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL J. WEBBER, of the town of Greddes, county ofOnondaga, and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Horse-Boots,-of which the following is an exact andtruthful description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures, and inwhich A is the main part or body of the boot. B is an aperture in A,through which the heel of the hoof protrudes. O is the back loop,through which the ankle-strap D passes. E is the front buckle and strap.F are seams formed by connecting the sides of the gores F, Fig 3, in A.

The object of my invention is to secure the constant contact of remedialand softening agents with the hoof, and is accomplished by means of thesponge or other porous and absorbent material attached in any suitablemanner to the inner side of the boot, which is held in place by thebuckles and straps, as shown in Fig. 1.

.Fig. 3 represents the blank or pattern of the main portion or bodyA ofthe boot. The straps may be of the same piece of material as the saidmain portion,or of different pieces, and attached, by rivets or suitablemeans, to said main portion, as in Figs. 1 and 2. When constructed ofone piece, as shown in Fig. 3, the back loop is formed by the slitsshown at O in said figure.

It is obvious that the blank, when out from rubber, may be formedwithout the gores F, Fig.3, and therefore, in constructing the boot ofpure sheet-rubber, (that having no intermediate layers of canvas, itbeing more elastic,) conforms to the shape of the hoof.

In all styles of construction I retain the aperture for the reception ofthe heels of the hoof.

I am well aware that sponge and other porous substances have been usedfor a like pur' pose; but I do not claim that as my invention.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A horse-boot body made in one piece, with or without the gores F, andprovided with the aperture B, for the reception of the horses heel,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The horse-boot consisting of the main part A, provided with apertureB, back loop 0, ankle-strap D, front strap E, and sponges H H, as shownand described.

, JOEL J. WEBBER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. GRIFFIN, O. W. SMITH.

